Phil Rushington's Search, or, The Unknown Rider of the Ring — page 3: what you’re looking at

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, ren WEEKLY. Issued Weekly—By Subscription $2.50 per year. oa + ~~ No. 20. =. a <i - Bat ee. ee = hee => > WN Pe -_ NEW YORK, June 30, Entered as Second Class Matter at the N. Y. Post Office, by STREET & SMITH, 279 William St., N.Y. _ Entered hed to Act of Congress, in the year 1900 in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, Washington, D.C. . 1900. Price Five Cents al | Phil Rushington S Search; OR, By STANLEY NORRIS. CHAPTER I, “A RUNAWAY. “We rea rider short, Phil.” Ho Ww i that, Walt?” na’s “not able to go into the ring this c — ” She’ S completely broken up over pret ‘6 she had yesterday.” | Bt wonder at it. She went through “enough that last town, to shatter the erves of a much sronger girl than she is. I me Id “é we'd try and get along without her ee for a a day or so, but she insisted that she was “~~ - . « me ere able to 9 go on with her work.” hat ee atic ‘ 0 she told me, but I could see she was = Eb: ay upset and not equal to the task. We = ae 10 not. want any accidents, Rush, so I took 8 et th ‘responsibility of ordering her to remain a ae a had _ to order her, for she Es would not have remained otherwise.” “You did exactly right, old man. An ac- % Pal ae cic le nt | A ‘, th ae would not only be a bad thing for Eona, but for the show, as well. [ would like it, though, if we had a rider to take the girl’s place. One of the other riders will have to double up—either Mamie, or Isabel? Will you see to it, Walt 2” “Certainly, Rush; but, instead of having one of the other riders do a double turn, how would you like to try an unknown—a hur- dle-racer ?” The Mossman & Rushington Circus and Hippodrome had arrived, early that morning, in a small Southern town. The journey from the last stand had been smoothly made, and everything connected with the unloading, the putting up of the tents and the parade had run like clock-work. A number of exciting ‘and annoying mishaps had marked the after- noon performance of the preceding day, and. Phil Rushington, the young manager, was on the Point of congratulating himself that the rough edge of ous had been smoothed